1.5 sleep, stress and social contacts: extra reading & references
Course subject(s)
Module 1. Old genes in a new environment
The study below takes into account all available studies on the relation between short sleep and overweight:
- Cappuccio FP; Taggart FM; Kandala NB; Currie A; Peile E; Stranges S; Miller MA. Meta-analysis of short sleep duration and obesity in children and adults. SLEEP 2008;31(5):619-626.
That even a single night of disrupted sleep can cause insulin resistance can be found here:
- Donga E, van Dijk M, van Dijk JG, Biermasz NR, Lammers GJ, van Kralingen KW, Corssmit EP, Romijn JA. Single night of partial sleep deprivation induces insulin resistance in multiple metabolic pathways in healthysubjects. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2010 Jun;95(6): 2963-8.
Further information on loneliness as a risk factor for mortality can be found in this meta-analysis:
- Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Timothy B. Smith, Mark Baker, Tyler Harris, David Stephenson. Loneliness and Social Isolation as Risk Factors for Mortality: A Meta-Analytic Review. Perspectives on Psychological ScienceMarch 2015 10: 227-237.
The extensive prevalence of stress at work can be found here:
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